Synonyms of svelte

svelte

adjective

ˈsvelt 

1

as in skinny

having a noticeably small amount of body fat

the svelte dancer seemed to float across the stage

Synonyms & Similar Words

• skinny
• slender
• thin
• lean
• bony
• slim
• gaunt
• angular
• lithe
• skeletal
• fatless
• trim
• haggard
• willowy
• spare
• wiry
• scrawny
• sinewy
• lanky
• sylphlike
• rawboned
• anorexic
• spindly
• weedy
• rangy
• clean-limbed
• reedy
• stringy
• twiggy
• emaciated
• waspish
• puny
• wizened
• meager
• scraggy
• lank
• cadaverous
• anorectic
• pinched
• slight
• wasted
• spindling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• plump
• chubby
• rotund
• fat
• corpulent
• obese
• overweight
• portly
• bulky
• stocky
• beefy
• tubby
• gross
• thick
• fleshy
• chunky
• heavy
• stout
• weighty
• heavyset
• burly
• thickset
• brawny
• pudgy
• husky
• stubby
• dumpy
• squat
• paunchy
• flabby
• potbellied
• buxom
• soft
• full
• roly-poly
• round
• zaftig
• hippy

2

as in sophisticated

having or showing very polished and worldly manners

the interior designer spoke in a low, svelte voice

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sophisticated
• graceful
• smooth
• suave
• civilized
• gracious
• urbane
• polished
• attractive
• debonair
• serene
• slick
• experienced
• confident
• cavalier
• cosmopolitan
• cultured
• poised
• smart
• unctuous
• glib
• cultivated
• composed
• appealing
• amiable
• practiced
• metropolitan
• well-bred
• placid
• genteel
• seasoned
• refined
• collected
• knowing
• calm
• unperturbed
• tranquil
• worldly-wise
• metro
• undisturbed
• couth
• secure
• self-assured
• self-possessed
• self-confident
• cool
• assured
• schooled

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• wooden
• uncouth
• clownish
• uncomfortable
• awkward
• clumsy
• green
• stiff
• boorish
• loutish
• uneasy
• gauche
• classless
• ungraceful
• churlish
• raw
• graceless
• inexperienced
• stilted
• rustic
• provincial
• puerile
• parochial
• callow
• inelegant
• unrefined
• unsophisticated
• ungainly
• uncivilized
• uncultured
• gawky
• stodgy
• unworldly
• rough-hewn
• insecure
• diffident
• hick
• philistine
• lubberly

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of svelte

This portable misting fan is more discreet than a spray bottle fan on a lanyard and svelte enough to slip into a purse or backpack. — Abbey Hudetz, Travel + Leisure, 7 July 2026

On the carpet, Delevingne stepped out in a svelte black halter-neck dress by Ralph Lauren, featuring black illusion-mesh cap sleeves. — Alexandra Hildreth, Vogue, 4 May 2026

Vato’s tiny storefront is austere and modern, an aesthetic that extends to the burritos themselves, which are long, lithe roll-ups with a sort of gamine appeal, svelte as a Virginia Slim. — Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 3 May 2026

There are something close to 50 of To’s movies to choose from, and all of them have a wonderful visual liveliness — plus a compelling, svelte sense of place that lives at a particularly fun intersection between the worlds of Akira Kurosawa and Jean-Pierre Melville. — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 24 Apr. 2026

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